Companies
Robotics and physical-AI companies by country, sector, technology and stage.
- $300M
Lausanne-based maker of the Dexter on-demand robotic surgery system, targeting hospital outpatient departments and US ambulatory surgery centers.
- $172M
Swiss maker of the ARA camera-guided sprayer that uses AI plant recognition to treat crops plant by plant, cutting herbicide, fungicide and insecticide volumes.
- $110M
ETH Zurich spin-off building ANYmal legged robots for industrial inspection.
- $50M
Zurich startup building a hardware-agnostic autonomy stack for humanoid robots, from language-model task reasoning to whole-body control, trained largely in simulation.
- $7.7M
Zurich ETH spin-off making Visual SLAM navigation for autonomous mobile robots, acquired by ABB in January 2024.
- $2.5M
Zurich ETH spin-off making multi-axis force-torque sensors that give robots a sense of touch.
- $2.5M
Zurich ETH spin-off building AI models and humanoid robotic hands for dexterous industrial work.
Zurich-based electrification and automation group that agreed in October 2025 to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for USD 5.375 billion.
ABB's robotics division, supplier of industrial and collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, controllers and software, which ABB agreed in October 2025 to sell to SoftBank Group.
Zurich ETH spin-off that provides its wheeled Ascento Guard robots as a service for autonomous outdoor security patrols.
Swiss aircraft maker that builds the PC-12, PC-24, PC-21 and PC-7 and pilots Hexagon's AEON humanoid.
| Company | Country | Sector | Stage | Total funding | Valuation | Founded | Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distalmotion Lausanne-based maker of the Dexter on-demand robotic surgery system, targeting hospital outpatient departments and US ambulatory surgery centers. | CH | — | Series D+ | $300M | $300M | 2012 | |
| Ecorobotix Swiss maker of the ARA camera-guided sprayer that uses AI plant recognition to treat crops plant by plant, cutting herbicide, fungicide and insecticide volumes. | CH | — | Series D+ | $172M | $172M | 2014 | |
| ANYbotics ETH Zurich spin-off building ANYmal legged robots for industrial inspection. | CH | Quadruped | Series B | $110M | $110M | 2016 | |
| Flexion Zurich startup building a hardware-agnostic autonomy stack for humanoid robots, from language-model task reasoning to whole-body control, trained largely in simulation. | CH | — | Series A | $50M | $50M | — | |
| Sevensense Robotics Zurich ETH spin-off making Visual SLAM navigation for autonomous mobile robots, acquired by ABB in January 2024. | CH | — | Acquired | $7.7M | $7.7M | 2018 | |
| Bota Systems Zurich ETH spin-off making multi-axis force-torque sensors that give robots a sense of touch. | CH | — | Seed | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | |
| mimic Zurich ETH spin-off building AI models and humanoid robotic hands for dexterous industrial work. | CH | — | — | $2.5M | $2.5M | 2024 | |
| ABB Zurich-based electrification and automation group that agreed in October 2025 to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for USD 5.375 billion. | CH | — | Public | — | — | ||
| ABB Robotics ABB's robotics division, supplier of industrial and collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, controllers and software, which ABB agreed in October 2025 to sell to SoftBank Group. | CH | — | Subsidiary | — | — | ||
| Ascento Zurich ETH spin-off that provides its wheeled Ascento Guard robots as a service for autonomous outdoor security patrols. | CH | — | — | — | 2023 | ||
| Pilatus Aircraft Swiss aircraft maker that builds the PC-12, PC-24, PC-21 and PC-7 and pilots Hexagon's AEON humanoid. | CH | — | — | — | — |